The British government has been urged to transfer the rehabilitation of hundreds of Afghan heroes to Britain as the Ministry of Defense (MOD) failures left them to the mercy of the Taliban.
Thousands of applications The Afghans working with British soldiers were rejected despite being reliable links for the UK special forces (UKFs) for the sanctuary. The High Court heard this week that A UK special forces official oversee blanket rejection Of the 1,585 cases during the summer of 2023.
The ministers initially denied that the Afghan commandos, known as Triples, were paid by the UK government, but were forced to retreat and announce a review in 2,000 applications.
Around 600 Afghan colleagues, whose applications were between the initial 2,000 re -examination, have been approved for coming to the UK.
Now government lawyers have stated that another estimated 2,500 applications have been identified for review, as the mod paved the way to bring hundreds and people to the sanctuary after realizing the importance of the loop discovered loop.
Former veteran minister Johnny Mercer has said that he is “surprised and frightening” with failures in the early modes of the mod. Handling of applications. Campaigners and former military heads called upon the government to speed up the transfer of these brave soldiers in Britain.
East defense -attached Colonel Simon Digins in Afghanistan said that triples were kept by UKF, affecting the lives of soldiers.
He said: “We know that the lives of these individuals are in danger. There is a real imperative to do something about it and hurry it. The charge of keeping bad data is appropriate, but now we have some records. [Triples’ evacuation],
Afghanistan advisor Sarah Fenby-Dixon said: “It is important that the review process for all cases has accelerated, as some people are waiting several months or years before being transferred to security even after the eligibility is given.”
A former senior member of the triples, now in the UK, has brought a legal challenge against the processing of the government’s applications, reaching the High Court this week in the case of this week. Thomas de la marre for the claimant argued how rehabilitation decisions should be made public and guidance should be made. Comparing failures for “a crime site”.
In the statement of a court witness, a senior civil servant said that a new “phase two” of the triples review would re -examine at least several hundred, although it could be several as the C2,500 application “. The Mod said it would probably bring it to the soldiers who served in the years after the struggle in Afghanistan.
About 130 cases will be transferred to Phase two from the initial review, the lawyers told the court.
The High Court heard how the initial review took place after senior civil servants were worried about how rehabilitation applications are being fixed.
Since then it has been revealed that there was an effective “automatic refusal blanket exercise”, which left these highly trained Afghan soldiers in Mercy. Taliban,
A special UK special force was overseeing the officer Hundreds of rejections during a ‘sprint’ in summer of 2023 To escape through decisions, the court heard.
MOD said the officer’s approach to decide was “loose and unprofessional” and reached “very quick decisions”. MOD Casenworkers were also “highly dependent” on Ukksf personnel, and “constantly not using their own independent decision”, the government found.
The MPS has previously expressed concern about the possible bias of the UKFF personnel who are in power on the rehabilitation of Afghan colleagues amidst the ongoing investigation into alleged crimes by UKKF in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013.
Some of the Afghan commandos applying for the UK sanctuary may be witness to the incidents being investigated by independent investigation.
Mr. Marser, who expressed concern over decision making with senior civil servants in early 2024, said: “When I had done the most with the most senior officials and civil servants in the UK government, it was specifically claimed to UKSF with one from UKSF that he was angry that I was aggressive to UKSF.
MOD estimates that during the Afghan war, around 5,000 people were members of Triple, working with UKKF.
Former UK special envoy General Sir John McCol, Afghanistan, said that he believes that the mod “had really worked hard to do the right thing for the triples”. He said that it was good that the mod is re -investigating 2,500 more cases and pressurized the team to deal with Afghan cases.
He said that the help was delayed “A combination of record-keypings was not particularly good and that the return was chaotic and fragmented as we all remember”.
He said, “Now we are almost four years since the return and at that time these people are in great danger, some of them must have been in the way of horms as a result of the delay, which is very unfortunate”, he said.
Colonel Digins said: “If there are potentially 2,000 more people, who can be equal to 10,000 people with their family members, it is a large number. It is a responsibility for us to serve us, but we need to think differently about how we evacuate.
“We also need to ensure that if we are going to bring the people of Afghanistan into this country, then we are supported by a proper program of integration when we reach here.”
